NAP-Astrobio Activities

Astrobiologia – uma ciência emergente Book published in 2016
Authored by Douglas Galante, Evandro Pereira Da Silva, Fabio Rodrigues, Jorge Horvath, and Marcio De Avellar, the book is an introduction to Astrobiology written in Portuguese. You can read about the book and download it for free here.

Science without Borders
Participating in this Brazilian nationwide scholarship program seeking to strengthen and expand the initiatives of science and technology, innovation and competitiveness through international mobility of undergraduate and graduate students and researchers.http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/web/csf-eng/faq

7th International Workshop on Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium and Evolution Dr. Douglas Galante along with the NAITDE focus group hosted the 7th International Workshop on Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium and Evolution, on September 24 – 26, 2014, in Campinas, Brazil. The workshop took place at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source. http://pages.cnpem.br/tde2014/

About the University of São Paulo Research Unit in Astrobiology

In 2012, NAP-Astrobio became an NAI Affiliate Partner to enable opportunities for the exchange of researchers and students as well as to collaborate on international projects. NAP-Astrobio is a virtual organization reporting to the Research Provost of the University of São Paulo. Its purpose is to provide a structure for virtual scientific collaboration as well as the organization of meetings, seminars, and schools. It currently includes São Paulo state researchers as well as colleagues distributed countrywide and abroad.

The astrobiology research program being pursued by Brazilian scientists is divided into topics aimed at improving our understanding of life’s place in the universe:

Planetary dynamics, exoplanets and habitability

Formation of prebiotic molecules, origin and past life on Earth

Information coding and evolution

Life in extreme environments

Modeling of extraterrestrial environments

Changes in planetary environments and the future of life on Earth

The NAI and NAP-Astrobio envision that this partnership will focus initially on the following areas: